Husband, Daughter Charged With Abuse, Neglect In Death Of Valley Woman

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A husband and daughter are behind bars in connection to the death of an elderly woman in Valley.

74-year-old Walter Alfred Hawkins and 45-year-old Christy Lee Hawkins were arrested Wednesday. They were both charged with first-degree elder abuse and neglect while the husband was also charged with manslaughter.

On March 16, 72-year-old Janice Ramsey Hawkins was found dead in the living room, according to Valley police. Authorities say the husband and daughter were also present in the home.

Police say the living conditions found in the home prompted them to request investigators to the scene. The elderly woman’s body was transported to Montgomery for an autopsy and authorities say they recorded statements from the husband and daughter.

On May 4, investigators received the completed autopsy report. According to police, the report stated that Hawkins’ cause of death was failure to thrive associated with complications of diabetes.

The failure to thrive portion of factors listed the following key reasons, according to police:

• Malnutrition - body mass index 14 kilograms per meter squared (underweight, according to NIH)
• Sunken eyes and prominent ribs
• Dehydration as evidenced by skin tenting and deplorable living conditions
• Dirty clothing
• Foul odor and roach infestation

Police say an investigation revealed that Hawkins had not been seen by a doctor since 2019 and none of her nine prescriptions had been refilled since 2018.

Husband, daughter charged with abuse, neglect in death of Valley woman

Police say the woman had not been seen by a doctor since 2019 and none of her nine prescriptions had been refilled since 2018.

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More details on the death of a 72-year-old woman in East Alabama.

Her husband and daughter have been charged with elder abuse in connection to her death.

News Leader 9 spoke with a few neighbors, who said they called the police several times about her and her family’s behavior.

They say Janice Hawkins’ husband and daughter threatened them multiple times before Janice’s body was found. Both neighbors also describe the victim as frail, saying police found her body tied to a chair.

“It has been one of the more gruesome cases that I’ve seen in my time,” said Valley Police Chief Mike Reynolds.

Chief Reynolds says officers found 72-year-old Janice Hawkins’ body in a cluttered, roach-infested living room in Valley, Alabama last month with stray animals around.

“You could tell that the cats did not have -- use litter boxes,” said Chief Reynolds. “The ammonia smell, the feces were on the floor, roaches everywhere in this home and especially on the body itself.”

“They opened the door and you can just smell the house from three houses away,” said a neighbor.

Over a month later, Valley Police arrested the victim’s husband, Alfred and their daughter, Christy Lee, in connection to her death. Both have been charged with first-degree elder abuse and neglect.

The husband, who was also her caregiver, is also facing manslaughter charges. Police say the day they found the victim’s body, her husband called for help.

“Initially when he called 911, he didn’t ask for an ambulance or the police. He called for the coroner,” said Chief Reynolds.

Neighbors say the husband and daughter were also aggressive towards them.

“The neighbors over there -- they were just threatening the man or the woman with a hammer calling me them the N word, being nasty,” said a neighbor.

They also say Janice feared she was going to die.


“She came in our house just walked in the house at three a.m. after midnight multiple times saying she was going to be killed,” said a neighbor.

‘She said her husband was trying to kill her’: Neighbors say after elderly Valley woman found dead

More details on the death of a 72-year-old woman in East Alabama.

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[Totemic]

I think Christy is missing some brain cells.

Also, why do I have a gut feeling we will be reading about these two sleeping together?

 

[cubby]

Looks like Bluto and Olive Oyl.

Lovely pair.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

“She came in our house just walked in the house at three a.m. after midnight multiple times saying she was going to be killed,” said a neighbor”

so naturally nobody did anything and they killed her slowly. Good job humanity.